News & Announcements

July 2010

Jazz at Lincoln Center
House of Blues Radio
Joya Sherrill, Who Sang With Ellington and Goodman, Is Dead at 85

June 2010

Bash Set for NCCU’s 100th Birthday
Listener Support Brings Back JazzSet to WNCU
Armstrong Special
NCCU Professor Featured in Our State Magazine

May 2010

NPR Jazz Notes
NCCU Centennial Resolution
Hank Jones, Versatile Jazz Pianist, Dies at 91
Six to Receive Inaugural Shepard Medallion Honor
Candidate Forum, May 1, 2010

April 2010

NCCU Board of Trustees Meeting
Inside NCCU Returns to Radio
WNCU 90.7 FM to Hold a Town Hall Meeting to Speak with Candidates in Durham County School Board Election
NCCU Centennial Gala
Felipa “Graciela” Pérez has Passed
NPR Jazz Notes

March 2010

Giving Honor Where Honor is Due
20th Annual NCCU Jazz Festival
Harvey McMurray Appointed to StreetSafe Task Force
Campus Echo Takes Top Honors
30 Years Of Marian McPartland’s Piano Jazz

February 2010

Three-in-One Groundbreaking at NCCU
WNCU 90.7FM and American Red Cross Team Up for Haitian Relief
NCCU Football Schedule Features Thursday Opener, Rival A&T at Home
NCCU Seeks Centennial Honor Nominations
Alex Rivera Photojournalism Exhibition Coming to the NCCU Art Museum

January 2010

Black History Month on WNCU
NCCU Welcomes Dr. Ben Carson
Durham Artist for Haiti Relief Concert
NCCU Celebrates Black History Month
Passing on Steve Satterfield
Legendary Drummer Ed Thigpen Has Passed
Jazz Week Top 100 List for 2009

December 2009

Holiday Jazz Specials
Honoring the 50th Anniversary of the Recording of the Album `Kind of Blue’ and Reaffirming Jazz as a National Treasure
Trumpeter Hears NCCU’s Clarion Call
Eagles Soar Through SACS Reaccreditation

November 2009

A World-Class Musical Trip at NCCU
Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and More at NCCU
NCCU Staff Reach Out to the Community
10th Annual Fall Guest Artist Series
Legacy of Durham’s Black Wall Street and North Carolina Central University
NCCU’s Marching Sound Machine Selected for the 2011 Tournament of Roses Parade
Thanksgiving Night of Jazz Masters
Mingus-Sun Ra Re-Broadcast

October 2009

NCCU Homecoming (October 23-November 1)
Fall Fest ‘09 (October 12-18)
Centennial Speaker at NCCU to Connect the Education Dots

September 2009

Free Download: The Billy Hart Quartet, Live In Concert
Mingus Big Band and Sun Ra Arkestra
Centennial Lunch and Learn Series
WNCU Partners with Lenora Zenzalai Helm
WNCU Sponsors 36th Annual CenterFest

August 2009

WNCU Licensee, North Carolina Central University, is the Highest Ranked Public HBCU in the Country
Rasheed Ali Dies at 76
Les Paul Dies at 94
NCCU Ensembles: Newport Jazz Festival 2009
Frank Wess And Terell Stafford In Concert

July 2009

Horace Clarence Boyer (1935 – 2009)
Jazz Great Teddy Washington Dies at 78
NCCU Jazz Band to Perform at the Newport Jazz Festival
WNCU Celebrates Louis Armstrong
WNCU 90.7 FM to Speak with North Carolina Health Director to Increase Awareness About the H1N1 Virus
Piano Jazz – Airing Sunday, July 12 at 6pm

June 2009

Charlie Mariano Dies at 86
Celebrating a Jazz Master: Ellis Marsalis

May 2009

WNCU Offers a 6 Part Summer Series Beginning June 7

April 2009

Stream WNCU via iPhone
Julliard Offers Summer Jazz Residency & Workshops
WNCU 90.7 FM to Hold a Town Hall Meeting on Joblessness in North Carolina

March 2009

Democracy Now! Tour to Benefit North Carolina Central University’s Radio Station WNCU 90.7 FM
Special Programming on Saturday April 18 for Spring Membership Campaign
National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More” is Coming to WNCU 90.7 FM

February 2009

WNCU 90.7 FM to Hold a Town Hall Meeting on Joblessness in North Carolina
WNCU 90.7 FM Presents “Tax Tips with Professor Reginald Mombrun”
Black History Month – Music Podcasts
Passing of Louie Bellson

January 2009

2009 Black History Month Specials
David “Fathead “ Newman, Jazz Saxophonist/Flutist, Dies at 75
NEA Jazz Masters Moments Highlight the Jazz Greats Honored Through the NEA Jazz Masters
LIVE President-Elect Obama’s Inauguration Speech
A Heavenly Collaboration: Dizzy Gillespie and Dr. Jazz
2009 AAJC/HBCU Student All-star Big Band
WNCU Offers Special Programs for MLK Day

December 2008

Freddie Hubbard, Energetic Jazz Trumpeter, Dies at 70
G.M. Pulls Out of Jazz Festival

November 2008

Live at the Village Vanguard
WNCU 90.7 FM Hosts Holiday Sweets and Jazz Treats

October 2008

North Carolina Central University Homecoming 2008
WNCU 90.7FM to Hold Town Hall Meeting to Raise Awareness About Home Foreclosures

September 2008

With a New Director, Jazz at Lincoln Center Sets New Goals

August 2008

WNCU 90.7 FM Presents Jazz in the Bowl-Kevin Van Sant Live!
NCCU Alumni Today is on the Air!
Isaac Hayes, Memphis Soul Legend, Dead at 66
Yusuf Salim

July 2008

Artist Pipes Up for Internet Radio, Royalty Payment Talks Under Way
BBC Jazz Awards 2008: A Winning Shindig
WNCU 90.7FM and Alumni Affairs Collaborate on a New Talk Show
Louis Armstrong: ‘The Trumpeter’
WNCU, 90.7 FM Partners with Kitty Kinnin for a New LIVE Blues Show
Ahmad Jamal to receive the Donostiako Jazzaldia Award
Music: When Ambassadors Had Rhythm
Jazz Week Summit Presents the Best in Jazz Radio Awards—WNCU’s BH Hudson Among the Nominees

June 2008

Jazz champion Svensson dies at 44
WNCU 90.7 FM Presents “Sunday Jazz on the Lawn”
WNCU Partners to Bring Radio to Kids
Jazz Organist Jimmy McGriff Dead at 72
WNCU Needs Your Listener Input
National Endowment for the Arts Announces the 2009 NEA Jazz Masters
Nu Jazz Entertainment Announcement
WNCU Gospel Brunch

April 2008

DPR Prepares for its 39th Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival
WNCU and Durham Parks and Recreation Dept. Partner for the 39th Bimbe Cultural Festival
The International Association of Jazz Educators Files for Bankruptcy
WNCU Media Sponsor of the 5th Annual Cool Jazz Festival
WNCU Co-Sponsors the Durham Earth Day Festival 2008
WNCU Gospel Brunch
WNCU Thanks Listeners For Making Jewelry Auction A Huge Success
Larry Ridley Brings an Educator’s Eye to NCCU

March 2008

David Newman to Perform at NCCU Jazz Fest
Cedar Walton Brings His Message to NCCU’s Jazz Festival
NAJRI HBCU Jazz Conference/Jazz Festival
WNCU Gospel Brunch
WNCU Conducts A Town Hall Meeting
WNCU Fundraisers
WNCU Congratulates NCCU Jazz Studies Major Antonio Parker
Track from Terms of Art has been selected as Song of the Day at www.jazz.com
WNCU and Hamilton Hill Jewelers Raise Funds With Fine Jewelry
Please Save the Dates!
Jazz Partnership Hits the Ground Running
Do You Want More Money?